Since February 23, 2024, Indian farmers have escalated their protests following the death of a young farmworker, demanding agrarian reforms from the Modi government. The protests have garnered attention due to the government's response, including social media censorship and the deployment of drones to monitor and disperse the demonstrators. This tactic, notably used in Haryana state, was inspired by a 2018 visit to Israel by the Haryana chief minister and a delegation of senior police officials, where they observed Israeli policing methods during the Great March of Return. The use of drones, which includes launching tear gas, was specifically influenced by strategies seen during these protests. Officials have also sought to enhance their intelligence-gathering skills with the help of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. The farmer leader has stated that the protests will continue until their demands are met, marking the situation as ongoing as of February 25, 2024.
Indian officials had looked to Israeli intelligence agency Mossad to "sharpen" the state's police "intelligence-gathering skills" about handling uprisings and agitations https://t.co/leOR0Wp5Rr
Chief minister of Haryana had spent past six years trying to replicate Israeli policing tactics, after his visit to Israel during Great March of Return. Learning from Israel, Indian state government's is now using drones to fire tear gas at farmers. https://t.co/vkormDov9M
MEE has uncovered that an Indian state's use of drones to launch tear gas were directly informed by a visit by the Haryana's chief minister along with a delegation of senior police officials to Israel https://t.co/TAC8pmKnPS
Indian demonstrators seek agricultural reforms from the Modi government https://t.co/klAbUrpNPO https://t.co/BvHvYTIV09
An Indian state government's decision to use drones to fire tear gas at farmers demanding better crop prices was influenced by the chief minister's visit to Israel during the 2018 Great March of Return protests, Middle East Eye can reveal https://t.co/ShvEPmbQIh
Haryana state's decision to use drones to create a database of protesters and launch tear gas against them was directly informed by a visit by the chief minister to Israel in 2018 https://t.co/5qvXEInwa7
Learnt from Israel, Indian forces deploy drones against protesting farmers https://t.co/bxfk2kgDgH
Young Indian protesters determined to secure agrarian reforms from Modi govt https://t.co/PVGxSyK69d https://t.co/AKy1akftGn
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